Corrective Services Non-Custodial Administrative Services Review

Corrective Service Bulletin: Non Custodial Administrative Services Review December 2014 (PDF version) Administrative Services Review Corrective Services has recently concluded a wide-ranging review of all jobs performing financial or administrative functions that support correctional centres, MISE and WISE, including purchasing and warehouse activity, visit booking and reception. The review did not include Corrective Service Industries or the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre. The PSA is…

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PSA writes to Premier regarding prison overcrowding

PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner has written to the Premier expressing grave concerns at overcrowding in NSW prisons and the impact on the safety of Correctional Officers. Read the letter HERE.

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Illawarra members vote to lift ban on QSF submission

Illawarra Shoalhaven district workplace group lift work ban December 2014 (PDF version) In an act of good faith, members of the ADHC PSA Illawarra Workplace Group have voted to lift a ban on the submission of the Quality and Safety Framework (QSF). The decision was made following a meeting with the Illawarra/ Shoalhaven District Director in which concerns were raised with the PSA around the…

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Daily Telegraph goes inside Silverwater & finds "society’s overlooked heroes"

"The tireless men and women of Corrective Services NSW who proudly walk the Silverwater corridors and myriad NSW court cells are society’s overlooked heroes. Putting their lives on the line, dealing with the state’s worst humans every day, but retaining an impressive decorum filled with confidence, compassion and humour, three traits that would be swiftly stripped out of most ordinary souls on day one with…

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Baird must do better for Home Care workers

Home Care Bulletin - Baird must do better for Home Care workers 5 December 2014 (PDF) The PSA has received further correspondence from NSW Industrial Relations in response to the position the PSA has taken in the negotiations. However there is still no agreement between the PSA, NSW IR and Home Care on a transfer package. While many other issues are now agreed, the following…

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